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Pharmacyclics Stock Falls On Unusually High Volume (PCYC)

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NEW YORK (
TheStreet) --
Pharmacyclics Incorporated (Nasdaq:
PCYC) is trading at unusually high volume Friday with 3.5 million shares changing hands. It is currently at five times its average daily volume and trading down $2.20 (-2.7%) at $79.47 as of 4 p.m. ET.

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Pharmacyclics has a market cap of $5.91 billion and is part of the health care sector and drugs industry. Shares are up 41.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

Pharmacyclics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of small-molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer and immune mediated diseases. The company has a P/E ratio of 73.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates
Pharmacyclics as a
hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, weak operating cash flow and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. You can view the full
Pharmacyclics Ratings Report.